title: Gastric plication: how to decrease the size of the stomach without transection.
abstract: Gastric plication is an emerging bariatric procedure with the potential for providing safe and significant weight loss and improvement of metabolic parameters without resection, bypass, or implantable device. Laparoscopic plication consists of infolding the greater gastric curvature to reduce stomach volume using running sutures. As a new procedure in bariatric/metabolic surgery very few clinical studies are available. Herein we present technical notes about and evidence from literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frattini
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rausei
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boni
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rovera
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Franchin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiappa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corrado
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moalli
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Hospital of Luino Luino, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fraschini
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Surgery University of Insubria Varese, Italy.
authors.forename: Gianlorenzo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dionigi
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015897:Comorbidity; D004867:Equipment Design; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome